Proverbs 8:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.”
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“For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For better <FI>is<Fi> wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 8:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 30:13And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
- Job 28:15It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
- Psalms 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Proverbs 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
- Proverbs 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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